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Wins Educational Premiums At State
Fair
For tho firt time iu several years llw
Willow county made an exhibit of odu
national work thin fall at tho state fair
The exhibit wan divided into three di
visions Tho rural school a collective
oily school exhibit by McCook and a
ooltoctivo town mIiooI exhibit by In-
dianolu In nil elafwa the work was
Tejy creditablo ihk of u hiuh order of
norit The state fair exhibit was the
Aest in ho history of the association and
oonpetition was very strong in all
classes Education bill whs filled to
oToiowing and many towns and cities
did not LPt to exhibit at all on account
oi iw lacic of space
JtfuCook c it cv Loots wou tho
5ig u wards
First premium on the bat collection
of cartoons in ink by Jay Browne
Second premium for the best collec
tion of cnrtonni in ink by Jay Browne
Second premium for the best exhibit
o school huilitn gs and grounds
Fourth TTfiuium for tho bet jand
aiMpo in poncil b Leslie Kiser
Fourth premium on the best pencil
drawings from ooj cts by the eighth B
chma
Second premium for the best display
of drawings in physiology by tho irjbth
jjrado
Second and third premiums for the
jlisplny of ppnmuubhip by any city
school in the state
Jrdisnola won as follows
fourth premium for the best display
of pen drawing in physics
Third for the beat display of pen
drawing in botany
The rural schools
Fifth for the best general exhibit of
drawing by any country
Second for the best drawing of vege
5tbv y pupil under twelve Florence
McCarthy Lebanon
Second for best map of Nebraska
an me missing
Fourth for best map of Nebraska
mme missing
Sixth for bet mip of Nebraska by
Belma Carter district No 72
First for best reproduction stories
district No 4 Ethel Kedforn teacher
Second for best display of arithmetic
voxk by class by district No 63 Dora
Qyster teacher
Third for best display of penmanship
y a country school by district No 7
Laura Glandon teacher
Sixth for best display of penmanship
8y country schooljby district No 4
3iSteenback teacher
Seventh for best display of penman
ship by any country school by district
2io 63 Hazel Beach teacher
Jbird for best display of school build
ings and grounds by any county by Mc
Cook city schools
Joke on Taft and Railroads
Presfdent William H Taft is soon to
riait the State and by accident the rail
roads find they have made an excursion
sate of one and a half fares from points
ail over Nebraska to Omaha and return
-where the President is to be entertained
visit the schools
It was not intentional that the rail
ads made the rate They announced
She reduction so merchants could go to
saaha to buy goods Then the Presi
dent announced his intention of visiting
fee State being in Omaha September 20
The rates are already published fare
asd a half to Omaha good returning
alter the Presidents visit
Business men of Omaha are to make
si possible for everyone who visits the
csy to see the President He Jwill ar
sire from Des Moines at 4 oclock in the
afternoon and be taken in an automo
iaela to a score or more of school houses
tfosee and be seen by the school chil
asrsa The President will also go to the
Den after a dinner at the
saha Club and will leave Omaha at
Hi30 the night of September 20
lree Million Acres of Government Land
to be opened for settlement about Oct
St in South Dakota Uncle Sams
greatest land drawing These lands to
3e opened under the United States
3mesiead laws For reliable informa
Skmj about these lands send 25 cents
silver for our interesting booklet The
Eseyenne and Standing Rock
lioaa Tells about the history topog
xcpr and soil climate rainfall who
rsay Sake homesteads etc compiled by
state historian Includes also up-to-date-
map of South Dakota showing
lands to be opened
If yoa are interested in securing 160
urres of this rich land wrap up a
tjaarter and send for this booklet and
rsap at once
Address Homestead Information Bu
reau Pierre S D
The Open Season
The open season for prairie chickens
jyouse and sage hens is during the
raoaths of October and November only
Sicsnip Wilson snip and Yellow Legs
SonvSeptember 15 to April 31 Quail
daves swan and white crane song and
insectiverous birds no open season at
B Squirrels October and November
Hear antelope and beaver no open sea
3eo Bass not less than eight inches in
Sjgth from June I to lovember 25
3Zrout not less than eight inches in
agtb April 1 to September 30 inclu
sive All other fish April 1 to October
ZSinclusive The penalties for the in
fraction of the game laws are severe
SAND CLAYJIOflDWAY
Methods of an Expert In Con
structing It
NEEDS LITTLE MACHINERY
Only Tools Necessary Arc a Scraper
Wheelers Carts and Road Plow
Sand Is the Important Thing Should
Be Clear of Soil
The father of the sand clay road iu
America is the present county super
visor of Richland county S C and he
has a reputation for hiiildiuir lusthur
roadways that Is almost national By
his example all l lie counties of South
Carolina have been enabled to under
take the building of good roads This
man is S O Owens and he recent In
completed one long stretch of thirty
foot wide sand clay speedway over
which I have ridden In a heavy motor
car at a speed exceeding fifty miles
per hour with scarcely a jar of the
machine indeed with more satisfac
tion than over many of the very best
roads iu England and in France over
which I have motored
Convicts are worked in gangs of
twenty live and they are housed in
comfortable tents The food bill is
lj cents per day per man This gives
i substantial bill of fare com bread
Hour bread bacon always vegetables
in season and beef twice a week This
is accomplished by strict economy in
management and the men do not suf
fer for lack of sufficient food The
striped suits cost 2 per suit and each
suit lasts from three to four months
The shoes cost 150 per pair aud the
underwear 75 cents per suit each last
ing about three months Each squad
of twenty five convicts has one over
seer four guards and ten head of
mules which are usually due animals
The real cost is in the feeding of the
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MAKIXG A SAND CLAT ROAD
Prom Good Roads Magazine Kew YorkJ
mules this amounting to about 16
per month per mule The squad oper
ates one road scraper costing 250
one dump wagon to each pair ot
mules five wheelers two wheel
scrapers and a supply of shovels No
roller or harrow is used such imple
ment having been fouud unnecessary
The mixing of the sand and the clay
is accomplished by the passage of traf
fic over the surface The total cost of
construction of one mile of the best
thirty foot wide sand clay road taking
all the above items into considera
tion is not over 400 per mile as an
average The cost of maintenance does
not average over 10 per mile annually
if the repair work is done constantly
If the season is a rainy one the repair
work should be done once a month A
floating gang of two or three men all
that is necessary is maintained for
this purpose With the two or three
men four or five miles a day can be
put in perfect condition
In a personal letter to the writer Mr
Owens presents the following facts re
garding his methods of constructing
sand clay roads
As requested I will give you a
short sketch of the sand and clay
roads of Richland county In January
1SSU I took charge of the roads of
Richland county which were then in
deep sand in two thirds of the county
the balance being through sticky clay
hills with the exception of about two
miles of macadam road which had
proved too expensive for our county to
continue to build
I commeuced covering the sand on
the old Camden road with clay to
about ten inches in depth At first the
people were displeased It had rained
a great deal and they were not accus
tomed to seeing muddy roads I con
tinued to throw sand on the clay until
it quit bogging and sticking to the
wheels keeping it crowued with an
ordinary road scraper After 1 had
built a few miles of the road and it
became smooth and hard the people
were delighted
As to the method of building the
first thing to do is to grade the road
and give it a very slight crown not
over two inches toevery ten feet from
center to ditch Then the clay should
be put on six inches deep then sunt
on the clay as clear of vegetable mat
ter as possible This keefs down the
dust It depends entirely on the qual
ity of clay as to the necessary amount
of sand If it is pipe clay or chalky
kaolin it requires a great deal more
sand which has to be applied after
each rain until the clay stops cutting
or bogging The ruts should be kept
closed aud the proper crown kept on
the road with a road machine until it
becomes hard The Important thing
is the sand It should be as clear of
soil as possible If the sand Is fine
and badly water worn the result Is
nor as good
As to the cost that depends entire-
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iy on thp haul of the day In real County Commissioners Proceedings
genuine sand hills Hue portions of
Jtichland county and Lexington where
clay can be found by digging pits on
the hillsides or In the bottoms It costs
it is very much less
Gravel roads are often mistaken
for sand and clay roads They are n
old as macadam and it does not re
quire the skill and care to build grav
el roads that it does those or sand
and clay especially where i lit cay
changes from naif iiid and bait ciai
and from thai to a rd Micky ci
and sometimes a white chalk or still
pipe clay It requires close attention
in the application of the sand wiiere
this i tlje case I have Dad as gnmj
results putting sand on clay roncl a
I have clay on sand
As to the durability of the sand and
clay roads they will last as long i
macadam There are stretches ot
sand and clay roads in Kichland eii
ty where they are level Hint are in
good condition that were nuilt ten
years ago while the macadam road
built to Hyatts park twelve year agu
was entirely rebuilt last year I would
say my experience is that automobiles
improve sand and clay roads I think
the opinion of all road experts is thai
they damage macadam very mueli
Since the automobiles are here and
more are coming every day it is ab
solutely necessary to widen our roads
to at least thirty feet
One thing 1 would like to mention
that is in building sand and clay roads
very little machinery is needed I have
never used a roller All the tools that
are necessary are a road scraper
wheelers dump wagons or carts and
the road plow There are no drains
The crown extends to a jaw at the
roadside which carries all the surface
water better than a cut drain Through
swampy places the roadbed Is raised
and underdrained E J Watson
Commissioner of Agriculture Com
merce and Industries in Good Roads
Magazine
GOOD ROADS AND ECONOMY
Impassable Highways Cost American
Farmers Untold Millions
There is no difference among well
informed people as to the cost of bad
roads nor is there any longer a ques
tion as to where the burden of the
cost is most severely felt There are
hauled over the country roads of the
United States every year 26500000t
tons of produce equal to 30 per cent
ot the railway tonnage ot the coun
try The average haul from farm to
railway is 04 miles and the cost per
ton per mile is between 23 and 25
cents lUjGermany over better roads
the cost is 10 cents per ton per mile
at the maximum and 7 cents per ton
per mile at the minimum The loss
suffered by the American farmer and
consumer figured on the basis of the
German wagon road toll is immense
If it were saved from year to year
it would soon constitute a fund suffi
cient to improve all of the common
highways of the country
L W Page who has collected a
great deal of valuable information on
this subject and who talks about road
improvement intelligently and reason
ably is not among those who clamor
for the federalization of the highways
On the contrary he deplores the all
too prevalent idea that nothing can
be done in this country until the fed
eral government puts Its hand to the
wheel or its hand into its pocket
The states in his opinion should take
the initiative or at least prove their
sincerity by setting an example for
the national government
NEEDLESS WEARING OF P0ADS
if
Automobile Traffic Would Spread
Highways Would Last Longer
A country surveyor protests against
the habit which many motorists have
of doing the majority of their driving
on the crown or center of the road
This method of driving means that one
portion of the road takes all the wear
and naturally of course gets worn
into ruts and ridges
If the traffic would spread itself and
make all that portion of the road from
gutter to the top of the crown take a
share of the wear road surfaces would
last much longer and would require
less frequent repair In these days
when roads are made almost fiat there
is no excuse for this habit of clinging
to the crown but where roads are
made with a great deal of camber it
is perhaps excusable as driving on a
continuous slope is the reverse of
pleasant
Let Good Roads Come Quickly
It is planned by the good roads as
sociation of Spokane county Wash
with the co operation of the state good
roads association county and township
organizations and property owners
along the route to build a modem
highway bordered with a continuous
line of shade trees between Spokane
and Coeur dAlene Such a road would
be of direct benefit to thousands of
people urban and rural residents alike
and would also be a valuable object
lesson for the people of the surround
ing country who as time passes are
becoming more deeply interested in
the vital subject of good and perma
nent highways It is hoped the pro
posed road will materialize and prove
the wisdom of its construction In such
a way as to cause the idea to spread
Good Roads Mean Money
The people need to be educated to
the fact that money spent for good
roads is not money thrown away
whereas money sppnt for makeshift Im
provements Is worse than thrown away
McCook Nebraska September 14 1009
Tho board of county commissioners mot pur
suant to adjournment Present S Prcmer C
T2 flmnm n 1 V C I rtt nr nAimK fnm nil CCI nTl
nbout 400 pur mile for thirty foot ors aud Chas SJmlla couoty clerk
road Where Jlie flay fan be found Tho minutos of the meetings held August 13
near the roadside and oflen in lue 14 10 and 23 were read and on motion approved
ditches bv dicing two or three feet J Tne following claims were audited and al
lowed and tho clerk was instructed to draw
warrants on the rond funds of the respective
commissioner districts as follows
Hradlcy Covcney road work Commis
sioner Dist No t -18 00
W T Clnrk same - 00
Frank Cain sume 8 00
H O Uowiuun Muno 2 00
Wm Adams same H 00
Joe Tuttlo same 12 00
Loa Harris same 12 00
Ed Fitzcurnld same 16 00
Jackson same 5 -to
Hobo Harris same 2 00
Tom Harris same 0 00
W C Downs same 6 00
E F Couse same 93
James Witt road work Commissioner
DisL No I 3 00
Lee Arnctt one 2t ft by G0 in culvert
Commissioner Dist No 1 l20 00
On motion the county troasuror was instruct
ed to refund to J W Hoppo tho sum oi 513
being the amount of 1908 taxes on the lot C -1-3-20
paid by him under protest for the reason
that an error of 14200 was made on valuation
of said lot
On motion tho county treasurer was instruct
ed to rofuud to Peterson Sisters tho sum of
200 being tho amount of 1007 taxes paid by
them under protest for the reason that their
furniture was assessed double in that year
On motion the county treasurer was instruct
ed to refund to W S liixlor the sum of 100
being the amount paid Jy him under protest
for the reason that lot 18 block 20 original Mc
Cook was assessed at 10000 too high in 1908
On motion the county treasurer was instruct
ed to refund to S R Smith the sum of 197 be
ing tho amount of taxes paid by him under pro
test for the reason thatTlot 7 block 2 Goodrich
Park addition was assessed in 1902 1904 1905
1906 and 1907 and was also included iu the tract
of 38 acres assessed to S It Smith
On motion the resignation of Clias W Kelley
us deputy clerk of tho district court was ac
cepted
The appointment of Elmer Kay as deputy
clerk of the district court was on motion ap
proved
The oilicial bond of Elmer Kay as deputy
clerk of the district court was examined and on
motion approved
The following claims were audited and al
lowed and the clerk was instructed to draw
warrants on the general fund levy of 1909 as
follows
C T Caswell electric light supplies 3 27
McCook Electric Co light for August 4 70
E B Odell meals to jurors November
190S 9 75
C A Rodgers stamps draynge and
freight 6 50
E F Osborn jailor fees November 190S 45 00
E F Osborn same February 1909 18 00
E F Osborn same March 1909 12 00
E F Osborn same May 1909 27 00
E F Osborn samo Juno 1909 1 50
E F Osborn salary as deputy sheriff
July 25 00
E F Osborn samo August 25 00
George Fowler janitor August 1909
H I Peterson salary for July
H I Peterson salary for xugust
P Lehn material and labor for culvert
Burnett Lumber Co coal Mrs
mann
E G Caine Co coal Mrs
voort
Barnett Lumber Co lumber
E G Caine Co same
H P Waite Co nails and supplies
Kelley Bros nails
C A Gentry blacksmithiug
30 00
100 00
lOOOO
10 56
825
425
SCO
156 55
54 16
1 20
11 60
J E Kelley premium ou insurance pol
icies 90 00
Pade Furniture Carpet Co typewrit
er desk
McCook Laundry Co laundry for pris
oners
C Naden freight advanced
Andy Barber surveying Road No 416
McCook Hardware Co nails and sup
plies
650
5 32
1 70
35 00
4 43
State Journal Co primary election sup
plies 224 00
Klopp Bartlett Co supplies and rec
ords in August 88 10
G W Todd Co check protector 30 00
F M Kimmell commissioners proceed
ings 51 2
F M Kimmell treasurers statements 23 00
F M Kimmell primary election ballots 126 00
F M Kimmell blanks printing and sta
tionery 35 10
Nebraska Telephone Co phone rent and
toll September
H H Berry fees State vs King fees in
justice court
H I Peterson fees State vs King
Clyde Coleman same
24 20
7 75
7 79
350
W H Short same 3 50
John Welbornsame 2 50
John Duuning same 3 50
Austin Gamsby same 3 50
W H Powell same 3 50
Harry Whitmore same 3 50
George Cramer same 3 50
Mart Akers same 3 50
George Burt same 3 50
Leonard Smith same 2 50
W A DeMay medicines and profession
al services for Claus Tjarks claimed
at7070 allowed at 29 70
for tho medicine rejected as to the
services as the county has a contract
with a physician for such services at a
yearly salary
C A Rodgers fees Clouse insanity case
Dr Z L Kay same
H I Peterson samo
G W Billings same
Millie Billings samo
Jacob A Clouse same
C A Rodgers fees Collicott insanity
case
Dr Z LKay samo
625
800
16 52
420
4 20
4 20
6 75
800
JEKelley same 3 00
H I Peterson same claimed 1219 7 55
A B Culver fees Collicott insanity
case 3 SO
C A Rodgers fees Houlihan insanity
case 0 25
Dr ZLKay same 8 00
RCOrrsamo 3 00
Mrs Katherine Houlihan same 2 40
Fred Schlagel same 2 10
James Wroolard same 2 10
John Houlihan same 2 40
H I Peterson same 19 13
Fred Schlagel same 3 70
On motion the board adjourned to meet
September 15 1909
S Prcmer Chairman
Attest Chas Skalla County Clerk
WARNING
Do not be persuaded into taking any
thing but Foleys Honey and Tar for
chronic coughs bronchitis hay fever
asthma and lung trouble as it stops the
cough and heals the lungs
A MoMillen
Silence
The instinct of modesty natural to every woman is often a
great hindrance to the cure of womanly diseases Women
shrink from the personal questions of the local physician
which seem indelicate The thought of examination is ab
horrent to them and so they endure in silence a condition
of disease which surely progresses from bad to worse
It has been Dr Pierces privilege to care a
great many women who have found a refuge
for modesty in his offer ot FREE consulta
Hon by letter Sill correspondence la held
as sacredly confidential address Dr R V
Pierce Buffalo X Y
Dr Pierces Favorite Prescription restores and regulates
the womanly functions abolishes pain and builds up and
puts the finishing touch of health on every weak woman
who gives it a fair trial
It Makes Weak Women Strong
Sick Women Well
You cant afford to accept a secret nostrum ua a substitute
for this non alcoholic medicine on known composition
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since last report
Jennie M Kimmell wid to John
E Kelley wd to 14 in 5 Mc
Cook 1 00
Franklin E Richards unmd to
George W Hartman wd to
11 12 in 2 1st So McCook 600 00
A A Pish et ux to Jacob Wig
gins wd to 56 in 21 2nd Mc
Cook 1200 00
John D Hare et ux to Frauk
Real wd to 12 in 12 1st Mc
Cook 1000 00
J E Kelley to Carrie M Mer
rick agree to lot D in 8th
McCook 1000 00
I J Brinegar et ux to Harvey
H Harmon et ai wd to s hf
27 s hf sw qr 26 e bf nw qr
35-1-30 8880 00
James Rooney to Mrs Johanna
Kendlen lease to pt 1 2 3
in 30 McCook
Olive A Greene et cons to John
F Miller wd to 17 18 Hat
field park 1500 00
F J Schumacher et ux to Chas
Baldwin wd to e qr 3 3 30 1 00
Fred J Mason et ux to Mary
Porter wd to 3 in 1 6th Mc
Cook 200 00
Affin C Seeley et al to Thomas
J Ruggles wd to s hf sw qr
12 3 29 1100 00
NATURb TELLS YOU
As Many a McCook Reader Knows
Well
Too
When the kidneys are sick
Nature tells you all about it
The urine is natures calendar
Infrequent or too frequent action
Any urinary trouble tells of kidney
ills
Doans Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills
Mrs T L Ha worth living in the
northwestern part of Arapahoe Neb
says I used Doans Kidney Pills and
have every reason to believe highly of
them For several years I suffered
from kidney trouble the secretion from
my kidneys being irregular in action
and quite unnatural in color I had
pains across my loins and at times when
I made a sudden movement I would
experience a crick in nry back Finally
being advised to try Doans Kidney
Pills I procured a box and in two weeks
this remedy restored me to good health
Plenty more proof like this from Mc
Cook people Call at a drug store and
ask what customers report
For sale by all dealers Price 50
cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo
New York sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name Doana and
take no other
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ATT0BNEY AT LAW and
BONDED ABSTBACTril
McCook Nebraska
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Water Works Office in PoatotUce buildibg
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McCook Neb
A G BUMP
Real Estate
and Insurance
Room Two over McConnells drug
store McCook Nebraska
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F D BUHGESS
Plumber and
Steani Fitter
Iron Lead and Sewer Pipe Brass
Goods Pumps an Boiler Trimmings
Estimates Furnished Free Base
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